TheTrinary
Hi, I'm Stephen
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To the extent that no sexualization whatsoever is allowed, I actually see their point (unless back problems are a meaningful story element). All jokes aside, it's definitely tame enough but it is sexualized.Hello! I am an author that goes by the name of Mikan Citrus. I have been writing for years now and recently decided that I am finally ready to publish my works online. I am new to Scribble Hub, and currently this is one of the only websites that I am posting my work on (the complete version of my debut novel is on Amazon, so perhaps you might be interested in that).
However, I have also attempted to post my work on the totalitarian regime of a website known as Royal Road—I was looking through the Scribble Hub forums and saw someone call it “literally 1984,” which got a laugh out of me. As the title of the thread states, I was rejected for the reason that my work has a “sexual cover,” even though that is not at all the case. What I found even more baffling was that there were other fictions on RR with “sexual” covers that have been approved and allowed to be posted for anyone to see.
Arisaka: Celestial Violet (Scribble Hub link to my novel)
I would provide specific examples of those “sexual” covers I discovered that were allowed on RR, but I’m not sure if I am allowed to post links to that website, especially if they are the works of other authors. What I am wondering is if I should continue to communicate with the mods at RR to make my case, as I would like to get my writing out to as many people as I possibly can, and perhaps even post about my situation at the forums over there? Please let me know what you think, helpful feedback would be appreciated.
Images:
Screenshot of my fiction submission to RR
The message I wrote in my support ticket
The moderator’s response (this made me laugh so much)
From a PR perpsective I get I can at least understand RR trying to stay away from even the hinting of smut.